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Two Christian brothers shot dead in fresh Iraq attacks
Dec 10, 2009, 15:20 GMT
Mosul, Iraq - Two brothers, both Iraqi Christians, were found shot dead in a suburb of the troubled northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police told the German Press Agency dpa on Thursday.
Police found the two businessmen dead from multiple gunshot wounds north of the city late on Wednesday night, they said.
The pair were among Christians who fled the city amid violence and threats against the Christian community two years ago, but subsequently returned home.
Mosul and its environs are among the most ethnically and religiously diverse areas of Iraq, and among the most dangerous.
Despite successive security pushes that police say have netted hundreds of suspected insurgents, armed groups continue to launch near-daily attacks.
Meanwhile, some 200 kilometres to the south a man who had been abducted from the village of Tuz was found dead, police there said.
Police told
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